Improvement in frames for harvesting and seeding machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. H. sNYDEE, or KiLLBUoK,I ILLINOIS.`

IMPROVEMENT IN FRAMES FOR HARVESTING A ND SEEDING MACHlNES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,53 l, dated December 20, 164.

To all 'whom it may concern.:

Ee it known that I, J'. H. emmen, of Kin.

buck, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented new. and useful Improvements in a Combined Harvester and Seeding- Machine; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description ofI the Aconstruction and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the accom pan yin g drawings, making a part of` this specification, in wl1ich Figure 1 is a plan view of the harvester. Fig.2 isa section representing the mannerin which the machine is converted intoa sower. Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aseotional View in the direction of the line .cx in Fig. l. Fig. 5 is an end viewof Fig42. Figs.. 5, 7, and 8 are sectional views that will be re? terred to in the description.

Similar letters otreference indicate the same parts in the different views. My improvement relates to the construction and arrangement of a machine formingacombined'harvester and seeding-machine, and can readily be changed from' one to the other. ,s j

A is the frame of the machine, with `which the driving-gear i's connected; B, thedriving` Wheel in the center. the journals ot' the sha1.;

B' ot which turn in the bearings b, secured to' the frame. l

G is a cog-wheel secured to the shaft B,fthat works in the pinion U on the shaft. 6.* This shaft is at right angles to the shaft Bf, turning r in the box U" at one end, and has a bearing,

c` in the end of the brace c, near the other end, to which is secured the chain-wheel D.`

' Eris a double lever, formed of the leverse and d, the lever d operating the lever @by means of a `pin-secured. to the lever e Apassing npithrough a'slot in the lever Las seen inFig.

l. The end of the lever e is formed Lintotthe feriale", thatrextends on each side cfa-the pinion C.

. To theend of the leverd` is attached.the` connecting-,rod di, that extends along the gear-l frame toward tbe end of the machine, near the seat-G', and is secured tothe handflever 1d", Fig.3, by means ot which the pinion is thrown in and out of gear. The operation-ofthe levers moves the pinion C down on the shaft c, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, or moves it back in gear, as represented.

F, Fig. 3, is a caster-wheel that supports the pole end of the frame, and'F isarudder-Wheell designed to aid in controlling,thc'direction of the machine, the stemfof which extends up through the gnidef'and the frame, and isv piv- Aoted at the top to the handlef".

G isa pulley or Windlass-wheel operated by the crank g. To thiswheel are attached the cords or ropes g', that passthrough a guide, gi. on the top ot an elevated part of the frame,

andare connected tothe casterlwheels H in vsuch a manner as to be the means ot' raising guides h', and the casters, adj usted accordingly,

elevating the 'platform `to anydesired height above the gronmhthere 'being a pawl, l, and ratchet-wheel l on the wheel G to retain ,the platform'in any desired position.

The frame Aof the machine, to which the casters H and "the platformk are connectedis jointed to the gear-frame at a. and moves kindep'endentofit; also, tl1,e shaftc ivithallits connections are adjustablemin reference to the shaft B and gear-fratrie, thus rendering these rparts adjustable to-any position in which the platform .may be placed. The frame Af is connected to the front part of the machine by the arms A, secured underneath the platform,and

attached by they adjustable fastenings J J'to the frame A'.

The chain-wheel D is connected to the pnl- .ley D( by the lchain I n", and on the shaft-of' the pulleyD is the crank J. (Seen in Fig. 4.) Thiscrank operates-the cutter-bar in front of l'the machine by means of the crankfrod l, connected to one side of the wheel at l', and pivotedto the middle ot' the connecting-rod L,

that extends froinone lever to the.other atV eachend ot' the platform. To the front ends of the levers are secured the ends of the cutter-bar, as 'at i, the levers being connected at the middle tothe platform by a pin or rivet, as seen at rt",that allows them to move or virbrate by the action of the connecting-rod L.

jj areguides thatthe connecting-rod moves the pulleys.

in, keepiugr'it in place. The revolution of the crank J" gives the connecting-rod a reciprocating movement `that operates the cutter-bar in a similar manner at the other end of the levers. A

Ou the platform is arranged an endless apron, M, (represented in Figs. 6, 7, vand 8,) that consists of twor or more revolvingrakes, r, attached to an fen'dlessI apron. This apron. is formed of two bands or helts,vr', with slats r". placed across and attached'to them, as rcpresented.' The beltsr' run over two small pulleys, u,- at o'ne'end, and at the other end they are inclined upward and run over the roller S,

with the pulley N on one side, that operates it, this pulley being connected with the pulley t on the shaftof they pulley D bythe belt fm".4

l O is a platform, made of slats placed above the endless rake, the teeth of the rakes extendingnpthrough the openings o, and move between the slats for the purpose of raking up the grain.v .Atthe end o' the slats are inclined upward, like the endless rake, and are attached to the box M', into which the grain is carried as it falls ou the platform by the rakes. The box M' is opened from below to let the grain fallout in the desired quantity for sheaves by' means of the pulley N', connected to the gate M"v ofthe box, to which a cord is attached that extends to the drivers seat through the the guides k,k,and g"of the frame, and is operated bythe driver. By pulling the cord the box is opened, which is immediately closed, when' ythe cord is released, by the spring n' pressing under a catch at one end of the gate M", as represented in Fig. 1. The teeth of the rake, as it is carried round on theendless belts, project upward, as described, until they come to the roller S, and as the rake moves over the roller the teeth come against the piece S', turning the rake back Iin a dat position under the belts, and it is so carried between the apron and platform, as shown by the red lines in Fig. 7,- until it comesk near .the other end, when the'ends of the rake, heilig so jointed or attached to the belts that the teeth -turn down .through the slots u' in the platform, as'indicated bythe dotted red lines, and as the ralreI is drawn round they pulleys u it turns round through the slots, as indicated by the dotted line u", to an upright positionon the top of The ends of -the rake where they come under the strips V are Iiattened, as seen at y y in Fig. S, which is a section of Fig. 6, in the direction ofthe line ww'.. The ends of they rake, being flattened on both sides, conform to the face of the pulleys, causing the rakev t'o turn up as it is moved round the pulleys, and the flattened ends coming under the strips V, the rake'is retained in that position the Whole length of the apron 'until it turns -round the roller S. y

N" is the reel, arranged in the desired position, supported by suitable frame-work, being operated by th'e'pulleys T T', connected to a pulley on the shaft ofthe pulley D'.

The horses are attachedat the rear end of the machine, one on each side of the pole of the frame near thc seat, going in' the direc- -tion of the arrows; and from the construction and arrangement of all the parts, as described, the'mau in the seat can drive the team, rakeA vandelevator; and lto convert the-harvester into 'a seedingmachinc,.take off the platform with all its reaping appendages by disengaging the fastenings J J', and secureto the frame A' in place ofthe platform, bythe-fastenings J J', the sowing apparatus represented in Figs. 2 and 5, which consists of the seed box or hopper Psupported by suitable framework, and the pulley P' on the shaft P", attached to the box, ythe pulley P' Vbeing con nected to the chain-wheel or pulley CD', as rep resented. v I

To one side ofthe pulley P' is attached the connecting-rod R, that operates the lever R', giving the slide p, connected to the end of the lever, a reciprocating movement. This slide,

` extending under the openingfp' in the hopper,

'is adjusted bythe gage p", so that more or less grain can be sown per acre.

u, The sower being connected to the adjustable frome, as described, in place of the harvester, it can he raised or lowered hy the same-means, and the driving-gear will operate the sower as well as the harvester.

What I -claimlas my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Pater. 5, is

1. Hinging orjointing the framesA andA' together at a, as and for the purpose setforth.

2. 'lhequadrant-levers H' H',casters H H,

n and cords g' g', in combination with `the adjustable frame A, as and for the purpose set forth. A 1

3. The combination ofthe compound levers d e, rod d', and lever d", when arranged as as and for the purpose set forth.

4. Hinging or connecting' the shaft 'c to the shaft B', so that the hearing 0'! and the connectiou of the brace c" to the shaft B will allow the shaft c to rotate in its bearings and at the same time b e 'self-adjustable'to any decombination with the adjustable frame A', as'

and for the purpose set forth.

J. n. sNrDER.

Witnesses: l

JOSEPH STOCKING, JAMES SNYDER. 

